amour
, swallowing every glimmer of light and silencing every sound-exce
dominion. His eyes glowed a deep crimson, his face stripped of any discernible featur
ing of a blood ritual, then let it fall slowly-and the air itse
hands moving swiftly over the plaster molds
ng nervously toward the door every few seconds, as if she sensed something unseen press
m-their wounds bleeding slow streams of blood that glistened in the dim light. Then suddenly, th
ther leg twitching upwards-not with life, but with so
e, transparent goblet that shimm
ugh the air from within the chalet itself, as i
uth and drained it in one savage gulp. A roar erupted from the depths-a sound so painless
m her trembling hands, crashing to the fl
as she gasped, h
hell is
ged a terri
ed the door-each step screaming like
th a trembling hand
n, carrying with it the meta
lights of Malik's car pulling in
d Dima-their faces grim, their eyes scanning the darkness for the source
the door behind them-sealing the night, an
Behind
en their breathing. The air was thick with an eerie tension,
us circumstances just months after his appointment. In the midst of that uneasy night, Malik and his companions sat inside the chalet, holding
ightly reclined wooden chair, his back stra
eyes fixed on the laptop
g masks. On the contrary, Magda and Lara exchanged anxious glances, as if they
tely low voice that carri
ms the best way forward is to impersonate regular visitors. It won
a, his eyes stead
all the masks for the pe
ce barely masking the exha
the wigs, the colored contact lenses, even the clothes to
day's Saturday-almost five in the morning. We have a few hours left before the real show
d smile, raising he
d my rea
d, cutting through he
ou missed your ol
face appeared-beautiful but burdened with invisible scars
a glass of cha
g of masks being removed one by one. The group exchanged brief
ow, deliberate, thick, red stream in the dim light-like the danger itself taking sha
e corner. A lamp shone through the discarded
ted, as the curtain slowly fell on a scene where humans hid behind masks-and no o
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